In this course we're going to take a look at the essentials for Apache Kafka. We'll begin with by showing you how all the pieces fit together, then we'll take a look at the architecture, some of the common operational tasks, and what all the different components do.

Learn the core concepts of Apache KafkaIn this course, examine all the core concepts of Kafka. Developed at LinkedIn, Apache Kafka is a distributed streaming platform that provides scalable, high-throughput messaging systems in place of traditional messaging systems like JMS. In this course we're going to take a look at the essentials for Apache Kafka. We'll begin with by showing you how all the pieces fit together, then we'll take a look at the architecture, some of the common operational tasks, and what all the different components do. We'll finish by running some workflows on a local machine, including setting up a fault-tolerant cluster and doing some real-time stream processing of data. We'll be covering all these topics and more to get you up to speed with Apache Kafka.